pensive

英 [ˈpensɪv]

美 [ˈpensɪv]

adj.  沉思的; 忧伤的; 忧戚的

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BNC.22406 / COCA.18665

牛津词典

adj.

• 沉思的；忧伤的；忧戚的
  thinking deeply about sth, especially because you are sad or worried
  1. a pensive mood
     沉重的心情
  2. to look pensive
     神情忧伤

柯林斯词典

• ADJ-GRADED 沉思的；忧思的
  If you arepensive, you are thinking deeply about something, especially something that worries you slightly.
  1. He looked suddenly sombre, pensive.
     他突然看起来很阴郁，一副忧虑的样子。

英英释义

adj

• showing pensive sadness
  1. the sensitive and wistful response of a poet to the gentler phases of beauty
  Synonym:wistful
• deeply or seriously thoughtful
  1. Byron lives on not only in his poetry, but also in his creation of the 'Byronic hero' - the persona of a brooding melancholy young man
  Synonym:broodingbroodycontemplativemeditativemusingponderingreflectiveruminative

双语例句

• "For oft, when on my couch I lie in vacant or in pensive mood,"
  每当我躺在床上不眠，或心神空茫，或默默沉思
• She was pensive about her losing work.
  她在为失去工作而忧愁。
• While pensive poets painful vigils keep ( Alexander Pope).
  当冥想的诗人守夜忧思时（亚历山大柏蒲）。
• She became withdrawn and pensive, hardly speaking to anyone.
  她变得孤僻忧虑，几乎不和任何人说话。
• When he had ended the perusal, he folded the letter and resumed his pensive attitude.
  读完信以后，他把信叠好，恢复了他那若有所思的神情。
• Am I not allowed to have a pensive side?
  我不能有忧郁的一面吗？
• But what she had lost in ingenuous grace, she gained in pensive and serious charm.
  但是，她固然失往了憨稚无知的神态，却赢回了端庄凝重的魅力。
• She had a gentle voice and pensive expression.
  她有柔和的声音和深思的表情。
• The countless tiny flakes glittered in the quiet, pensive light of the street lamps.
  寂静的夜幕中，无数的小鳞片闪闪发光，给街灯笼罩上忧郁的神韵。
• Mrs Dean raised the candle, and I discerned a soft-featured face, exceedingly resembling the young lady at the Heights, but more pensive and amiable in expression.
  丁太太举起蜡烛，我分辨出一张温和的脸，极像山庄上那位年轻夫人，但是在表情上更显得沉思而且和蔼。